heir; successor; family estate; family fortune; headship of a family
(coming to an) agreement; consent; mutual understanding; accord; consensus
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
decorations; offerings; mere window dressing
merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
the heat is off; things calm down; the excitement dies down
true character; real nature
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
present (brought by a visitor); gift
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
inside; interior; inner part
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
moving about; stirring about
while; during (the time when)
to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt
unheard-of; unprecedented
aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
to consult with; to discuss; to confer; to deliberate
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
race (of people); type of person
decision; determination; resolution
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
to darken one's face; to assume a gloomy look
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
top (of a mountain); summit; peak; height; orgasm; climax
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
senility; dotage; decrepitude
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
forced labor; forced labour; slave labor; slave labour
to get cracked; to develop a crack; to be fissured